Example sentences of "[pn reflx] [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We then p positioned ourselves further into the room er P C obviously was still with me behind the shield erm once we 'd got ourselves in a in a better position , as far as we were concerned , P C then started talking to the people , erm who were in the bed . |
| 2 | Inside , after the bright desert light , we found ourselves blind in the darkness . |
| 3 | If we 'd blown the network because of the hostages we would have left ourselves blind in the middle of a minefield . |
| 4 | An eminent psychologist has remarked that a man in a mood is almost as if in the grip of a small psychosis , and can find himself helpless in the face of it , unless he has trained himself not to identify with it too strongly . |
| 5 | Depressive symptoms are interpreted as abnormal ‘ care-eliciting behaviour ’ — behaviour intended to bring important others closer when a person perceives himself deficient in the receipt of care . |
| 6 | Jules had tactfully made himself scarce on the pretext of work to be done at the new salon and now , two days after his visit to Maythorpe House , Harry was at last able to unburden himself . |
| 7 | Though Cash is a former champion , he is no longer willing to commit himself full-time to the game . |
| 8 | He could cut himself free on the coral . |
| 9 | He shook himself free of the hood and pulled the shawl off his head , his face burning in humiliation . |
| 10 | His breathing quickened with raw urgency , but he held himself rigid above the provocation of her softly rounded femininity . |
| 11 | He dashed up the ladder , clambered along the horizontal part , dropped through the gap and swung himself clear from the final rung onto the ground . |
| 12 | Simon de Pury , president of Sotheby 's Switzerland , proclaimed himself delighted with the total , SFr19,743,130 ( £9,015 million ) which exceeded the pre-sale estimate of SFr16,509,700 ( 94% sold ) . |
| 13 | There he sat down with the guards keeping himself warm by the fire . |
| 14 | He made himself ill with the worry . |
| 15 | Nigel had once made himself unpopular at the office by writing in his column that women past thirty should shoot themselves . |
| 16 | One of the students , Thanavuth Klingchua , set himself alight during the demonstration and died of his injuries four days later . |
| 17 | Eb was making himself comfortable at the head of the table . |
| 18 | When she returned from the kitchen he had made himself comfortable on the sofa . |
| 19 | Normally her husband would make himself comfortable beside the fire , sometimes holding their child in his arms , and make small talk as she peeled the potatoes and washed the greens , but tonight Carrie knew it would be different . |
| 20 | Corbett slipped another coin into the man 's hand and , while the ferryman made himself comfortable in the shadow of his boat , Corbett began the long arduous climb up the hill . |
| 21 | He also proclaimed himself fit for the job and fully recovered from the heart attack that threatened his career over four years ago . |
| 22 | On sight of them , he jumped down and first helped Aggie , then Millie up , and lastly squeezed himself corner-wise into the seat , took up the reins , and shouted , ‘ Gee up ! there . ’ |
| 23 | They alighted on Saddam Hussein of Iraq , who in the late 1970s was beginning to portray himself as a man of moderation who might be able to make himself useful to the West , not least by acting as a counter to now-revolutionary Iran . |
| 24 | Sometimes he would make himself useful in the kitchen by cleaning and tidying ; however , if accidentally locked in any room the Cauld lad would make a fearful mess , overturning furniture and scrabbling at the lock . |
| 25 | The power of the sacrament is attested to not just by stories of miracles in which the devout see Christ himself present in the Host , but in terms of inward experience " wherof we haue knowynge onely by beleue with ynneforthe " [ ynneforthe : inwardly ] and the meditation ends with a prayer for the experience of the healing presence of Christ : Such cultivation of an inner experience of the reality of Christ 's being by means of affective meditation on his life is a discipline taken for granted in the writings of all the mystics to be discussed , despite their differences in emphasis . |
| 26 | Masklin darted between two seats , around a pair of giant shoes , and threw himself flat on the carpet . |
| 27 | He threw her away from him and flung himself flat on the ground as Liartes ' dragon thundered by , leaving another smoking scar across the turf . |
| 28 | ‘ I think he 'd got himself involved with the law . |
| 29 | Cornelius made himself comfy on the stool and sniffed at the coffee pot . |
| 30 | he found himself deep in the shit ! |